Diadems, the wait is over: T-ara’s newest title track, “Roly Poly“, is finally available for your aural pleasure!
The girls’ newest concept is refined 1970s club-hoppers, and the track’s mellow beat and subtle electronic touch are enough to transport any listener to the times of flashing disco balls and Saturday Night Fever.
Check it out below, and stay tuned to allkpop for the imminent release of the music video!
4minute’s HyunA recently showed off her nicely tanned skin!
On an online community forum, a picture titled, ‘Tan HyunA’, was uploaded, and in the picture, HyunA is wearing a blue dress and posing for the camera.
What is especially noticeable is HyunA’s skin, as unlike the milky white skin she’s usually known for, HyunA is seen sporting a healthy, tan color, which contrasts nicely against the blue dress from MBC’s‘Dancing with the Stars’.
Netizens who saw this picture commented, “She looks healthy”, “Will she make a solo comeback with her tanned skin?”, “I couldn’t recognize who she was at first”, and “The birth of a California goddess”.
On June 28th, Core Contents Media announced that they would be postponing the release of T-ara’s new music video, “Roly Poly“, to the morning of the 29th.
Representatives explained, “We were originally planning to release it at 5 PM KST today, on the 28th. Unfortunately, about a minute’s worth of footage experienced an error while it was in the editing process, so we decided to postpone it by an hour and release it at 6 PM.”
They continued, “The file, however, was not able to be recovered at all, so we’ve decided to go into emergency filming and edit for the rest of the night today.”
Part one of “Roly Poly” will be released at 11 AM KST on June 29th. Part two will be released at 10 AM KST on July 4th. Stay tuned!
KBS’s ‘Immortal Song 2‘ has announced that it will be airing a special duet mission episode!
The pairings will be as follows: F.T. Island’s Lee Hong Ki with Super Junior’s Kim Heechul, 2PM’sJunsu with Big Mama’s Lee Young Hyun, SISTAR’s Hyorin with 4MEN’s Shin Yong Jae,MBLAQ’s G.O with Lim Jeong Hee, 2AM’s Changmin with 8eight/Homme’s Lee Hyun, and4minute’s Jiyoon with Yurisangja’s Lee Sae Jun.
The producer of the show stated, “The idols were given the opportunity to personally choose which singers they wanted to work with. Hongki and Heechul are good friends and had already worked together before, but many of the other idols had yet to even meet their new duet partners.”
He also emphasized that only the idol members of ‘Immortal Song 2′ were scored for their performances. “The partners did not take part in the evaluations, so they left the recording studio without even knowing how their partners ranked in the overall scoring.”
The idols will be performing remakes of singer Min Hye Kyung’s songs for the upcoming July 2nd episode of ‘Immortal Song 2′, and the duet mission will be broadcasted July 9th.
Since the reveal of the newest celebrity relationship to rock the K-pop world, fans have been busy dealing with both heartbreak and excitement for B2ST’s Yong Junhyung and KARA’s Goo Hara.
Netizens though are now speculating that Junhyung had indirectly hinted at being in a relationship in previous interviews, as well as through his Twitter.
In particular, netizens have been focusing on B2ST’s May 28th appearance on KBS’s ‘Entertainment Weekly‘ for a guerilla date. When the group was asked, “Which member do you think will be the first to reveal a relationship to the public?”, the members unanimously chose Junhyung.
Though nobody thought much of it at the time, netizens are now saying that they must have been hinting at his relationship with Hara.
In response, Junhyung had replied, “If I get a girlfriend later on, I would love to let the public know about it.” The reporter joked, “Why don’t you tell us about it today?”, to which Junhyung laughed and said, “Not today“, a clever statement that netizens now believe was a foreshadowing confession.
In addition, fans are also taking note of Junhyung’s previous tweets.
On April 29th, Junhyung wrote on his Twitter, “I’ve mustered strength just from one phone call“, to which F.T. Island’s Lee Hong Ki replied, “Is it me is it me? Cause I just called you! It better be me, or else.”
Soon after, Junhyung left a cryptic reply, saying, “Of course it’s Hong.. Hong Ki ^ㅡ^ hohoho hahaha. You were already expecting it,” and added, “Even though people say that pretty girls usually don’t look as great from the back, you’re beautiful from every angle.”
Hong Ki then replied with “Ah this is embarrassing!” to which Junhyung replied, “Of course Hong Ki’s calls give me strength, but just before you called… I’ll stop here.”
Hong Ki, known to be good friends with Junhyung, had commented on these tweets in a joking manner, and claimed himself to be the subject of Junhyung’s affectionate posts although it turned out otherwise.
Also being noted is a recent radio interview during which Junhyung described his ideal woman with lyrics he had written for B2ST’s song, “I Like You the Best” – “a thin girl, kind of short with a small face and soft hair“, all characteristics that Goo Hara is widely known to possess.
Though these hints seem quite obvious in hindsight, fans didn’t have much else to work with until the official confirmation was recently made.
Looks like we gotta pay closer attention for more of these sneaky idol relationship hints in future!
KARA’s Hara and B2ST’s Junhyung have been revealed to be dating!
On June 28th, Cube Entertainment announced, “They had a senior/ junior relationship until they began dating. They’ve been dating for about a month now. When Hara was going through some difficult times, Junhyung consoled her. Because of their busy schedules, they’ve only been able to go out to eat and other dating activities three times so far.”
DSP Media also announced, “They do have good feelings towards one another, but they’re still getting to know each other. It’s only been a month so far. Please watch over them for a bit more.”
An associate of the two revealed, “The KARA and B2ST members are all close to one another because they’ve been promoting around the same time. They depend on and look to each other for consolation. Ahead of their Japanese comeback, their relationship has gotten a lot deeper through support meetings.”
The two were caught confidently dating on the early morning of June 9th, the day Junhyung returned from B2ST’s Japanese concert. After drinking coffee at a take out cafe in Kangnam, the two drove around the area before parking near Junhyung’s home. For an hour, the two walked around the neighborhood and around the park before settling at the ‘Sky Park’ in Sangam-dong.
Seeing the two hold hands side by side was definitely a heartwarming sight for reporters on the scene. The two apparently used every spare moment in their schedules, as they met up again on the early morning of June 13th to walk around the back alleys of Hongdae.
What’s amazing is that they didn’t hide who they were at all. In the car, Hara would roll down the windows and stick her head out to observe the night view.
An associate of Hara’s explained, “Innocence is Hara’s charm. She may have begun promoting early, but she’s not affected by that at all and still manages to preserve her innocence. Yong Junhyung probably fell in love with her pure charm.”
